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Title The waste market : institutional developments in Europe / edited by E. Dijkgraaf, R.H.J.M. Gradus
Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2008

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Contents Introduction; Cost Savings of Contracting Out Refuse Collection in The Netherlands; Contracting Out Refuse Collection in The Netherlands; Contracting Out in Sweden: Ownership and Production Costs; Does Public Ownership Impair Efficiency in Norwegian Refuse Collection?; Refuse Collection in Spain: Privatization, Intermunicipal Cooperation, and Concentration; How to Get Increasing Competition in the Dutch Refuse Collection Market?; Dutch Cost Savings in Unit-Based Pricing of Household Waste; Assessing Instruments for Mixed Household Solid Waste Collection Services in Flanders
Summary The Waste Market undertakes the interesting task of examining the creative ways in which a handful of European countries, namely Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, have managed their waste collection market. For instance, the Netherlands experimented a lot with competition and different types of ownership. It shows that competition is more important than ownership. The use of public firms, exceptional in other European countries, seems to be a powerful instrument to enhance competition. The lack of these firms might explain why private production is not always cheaper than ow
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Subject Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe -- Management
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Government policy -- Europe
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Contracting out -- Europe
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe -- Costs
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe -- Management -- Case studies
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Government policy -- Europe -- Case studies
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Contracting out -- Europe -- Case studies
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe -- Costs -- Case studies
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Government policy -- Europe.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Contracting out -- Europe.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe -- Costs.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe -- Management.
Science économique.
Affaires.
Economie de l'entreprise.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Contracting out.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Costs.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Government policy.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Management.
Europe.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Dijkgraaf, E
Gradus, R. H. J. M
ISBN 9781402087110
140208711X
1402087101
9781402087103
1281675156
9781281675156